Results for Arctic

Latest

WATCH: This @NASA visualization shows a rapid decline in Arctic Sea ice over the last 35 years.
In the 1st week of January 1988, over 1.2 million sq. miles were covered by sea ice 4 years of age or older, compared with just over 44,000 sq. miles in the same week in 2019

WATCH: This @NASA visualization shows a rapid decline in Arctic Sea ice over the last 35 years.
In the 1st week of January 1988, over 1.2 million sq. miles were covered by sea ice 4 years of age or older, compared with just over 44,000 sq. miles in the same week in 2019

This is the Arctic as you’ve never seen it - the earth’s most fragile waters polluted with household trash.
Watch the latest episode of 'Emergency on Planet Earth,' an #Uncovered strand by Channel 4 News:

Most relevant

President Trump is moving forward with oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Refuge, the crown jewel of our nation's wildlife refuge system. We should never open up our national parks and wildlife refuges to oil and gas exploration. #ProtectTheArctic

200 reindeer were found dead in the Arctic. Scientists believe they starved to death and say the unusually high death toll was caused by climate change damaging their food supplies.
(📷: Elin Vinje Jenssen/Norwegian Polar Inst.)

Tiny pieces of plastic have been found in ice cores drilled in the Arctic by a U.S.-led team of scientists, underscoring the threat the growing form of pollution now poses to marine life in even the remotest waters on the planet. Read more:

New study: if we stop emissions immediately, Arctic still warms 5C/9F by century's end. We're not stopping global warming any more; we're fighting like hell for a level that civilizations might survive. #ClimateStrike